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/daɪvˈərtɪŋ/ /dɪvˈərtɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Divert v. t. (past & past part. diverted; pres. part. diverting)

To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course. "That crude apple that diverted Eve."

To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor. "We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy."

Synonyms: To please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate; delight; recreate. See Amuse.

Divert v. i. To turn aside; to digress. (Obs.) "I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces."

adjective

Diverting adj. Amusing; entertaining.

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Etymology of 'Diverting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... undergraduates as well as their betters, to minister to their comfort and enjoyment. And he was well repaid. There was something perfectly new to the ladies, and very piquaut in the life and habits of the place. They found it very diverting to be receiving in Tom's rooms, presiding over his breakfasts and luncheons, altering the position of his furniture, and making the place look as pretty as circumstances would allow. Then there was pleasant occupation for every spare hour, and the fetes and amusements were all ...

— Tom Brown at Oxford • Thomas Hughes

... story, he laughed till he fell backward and said to Bakoun, "O my nurse, this is indeed a rare story; I never heard its like. Hast thou any more?" "Yes," answered she and went on to tell him diverting stories and laughable anecdotes, till sleep overcame him. Then she sat by him till the most part of the night was past, when she said to herself, "It is time to profit by the occasion." So she unsheathed the dagger and drawing near to Kanmakan, was ...

— The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night, Volume II • Anonymous

... the rear gate of the Elmhurst grounds, and she had given him accurate information concerning the movements of the girl campaigners. The description she gave of the coming reception to the Woman's Political League was so humorous and diverting that they were both laughing heartily over the thing when the young people passed them, and thus Mr. Hopkins failed to notice who the occupants ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work • Edith Van Dyne

... these, it were kinder and wiser to give diverting thoughts, and a new outlook, and to open up avenues for pleasure, and entertainment, and profit, in place of tears ...

— The Heart of the New Thought • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... only to perjure herself subsequently, by creating rotten boroughs and dispensing titles and millions of gold, for the purpose of controlling those very same affairs, not only more effectually than ever, but with the further view of diverting all the resources of the country out of their legitimate channels into her own hands, so that she should be at once the tyrant, and the purse and conscience keeper of our race. They remember all this, we say, and now they are about to call upon her for an account of her stewardship, and make her ...

— Ridgeway - An Historical Romance of the Fenian Invasion of Canada • Scian Dubh

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